This Trojan terminates the following processes if found running in the affected system's memory:

vpnfilter

security

tor

Information Theft

This Trojan gathers the following data:

HTTP authentication packets, which contains the following:

Username

Password

Level of Authorization

Modbus SCADA Protocols

Website Credentials

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

It is capable of having the infected device unusable by deleting the following system files:

/var/tmp/client_ca.crt

/var/tmp/client.key

/var/tmp/client.crt

/var/run/vpn.tmp

/var/run/vpn.

/var/run/torrc

/var/run/tord/hidden_ssh/private_key

/var/run/tord/hidden_ssh/hostname

/var/run/tor

/var/run/msvf.pid

/var/run/client_ca.crt

/var/run/client.key

/var/run/client.crt

/var/pckg/mikrotik.

/var/pckg/.mikrotik.

/var/msvf.pid

/var/client_ca.crt

/var/client.key

/var/client.crt

/tmp/client_ca.crt

/tmp/client.key

/tmp/client.crt

/flash/nova/etc/loader/init.x3

/flash/nova/etc/init/security

/flash/nova/etc/devel-login

/flash/mikrotik.o

/flash/.mikrotik.

/var/run/tord/hidden_ssh/

/var/run/tord/

/flash/nova/etc/loader/

It renders the system unusable on restart by modifying the bytes of (/dev/mtdX ← Linux Flash Memory) with a 0xFF byte.

It deletes the remainder of the system files by executing the following command:

rm -rf /*

It is capable of intercepting network traffic

The intercepted data is stored into the file:

%DIR%/rep_%NUMBER%.bin

where DIR is /var/run/vpnfilterw ELF_VPNFILT.B

It creates its own TOR communication that will be used by ELF_VPNFILT.B

SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN FILE: 14.302.08

FIRST VSAPI PATTERN DATE: 07 Jun 2018

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File: 14.303.00

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date: 08 Jun 2018

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ELF_VPNFILT.C. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information: